What is a Verb?

Definition 1: A VERB is a word which tells us about an action or an occurrence or a state of someone or something. The verb is the most important word in a sentence.

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A verb is a word that is used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and it forms the main part of a sentence. Verbs are used to show the action in a sentence. The girl walked home. The verb in this sentence is walked as it's expressing an action. Additional Irregular verbs malayalam meaning selection SlovoEd Deluxe English-Russian English-Russian and Russian-English Slovoed dictionary software for Windows lets you easily find appropriate translation of any word and express yourself most precisely thanks to high translation rate, detailed and up-to-date dictionary bases and easy-to-use interface.

Definition 2: A VERB is a word that tells or asserts something about a person or thing. Verb comes from the LATINverbum, a word.

I. ‘Be’ verbs: A verb which says something about a subject is called telling or saying verb.

am

is

are

was

were

These verbs do not show action; they are verbs of being. They tell us about a state of being of existence. They do not give any meaning bout they are used to describe a subject. The be verbs are followed by a noun or an adjective or an adverb.

• David is a crazy boy.
• He was rich when he was in his childhood.
• I am a teacher.
• The shop is clean.

II. Helping verbs: We can add not or n’t directly to the verb. If the verb is one of the follwing.

am	have	do	shall	can	must
is	has	does	will	could	ought
are	had	did	should	may	need
was	would	might	dare
were

These verbs are called ‘ helping verbs ’

• I do not come.
• He does not know how to swim.
• They are not walking.
• You did not try very hard.

III. Action verbs or Doing verbs: The verbs which tell us about action are called action or doing verbs.

The action verbs are divided into two classes:

1. TRANSITIVE VERB: A Transitive Verb is a Verb that denotes an action which passes over from the doer or Subject to an object

• His mother gave him (Indirect) a rupee (Direct)
• He gave me (Indirect) a secret (Direct)

2. INTRANSITIVE VERB: An Intransitive Verb is a Verb that denotes an action which does not pass over to an object, or it expresses a state or being; as

• I ran a long distance. (Action)
• Dogs bark. (State)
• There is a flaw in this diamond. (Being)

Most verbs can be used both as Transitive and Intransitive verbs. It is therefore better to say that a verb is used Transitively or Intransitively rather than that it is Transitive or Intransitive.

Transitive	Intransitive
I feel a severe pain in my head.	How do you feel?
The ants fought the wasps.	Some ants fight very fiercely.
The shot sank the ship.	The ship sank rapidly.
The driver stopped the train.	The train stopped suddenly.
Birds fly.	The boys fly their kites.
Sit there.	Set the lamp on the table.
He broke the glass.	The glass broke.

IV. Strong and Weak Verbs: The principal parts of a verb in English are -> The Present Tense, the Past Tense, and the Past Participle.
They are so called because from them we can form all the other parts of verb.

The verbs form their Past Tense by adding -ed, or -d, or -t to the Present. Such Verbs are called Weak Verbs.
If a Verb required -ed, -d, or -t to be added to the Present Tense to form the Past, with or without any change of the inside vowel, it is a Weak Verbs.

Present Tense	Past Tense
I abandon	I abandoned
I spend	I spent
I preside	I presided

The Verbs form their Past Tense by merely changing the inside vowel of the Present Tense, without having -ed, or -d, or -t, added to the Present. Such Verbs are called Strong Verbs, because they are able to make their Past Tense without having anything added.

Present Tense	Past Tense
I arise	I arose
I do	I did
I tell	I told

V. Regular and Irregular Verbs: Verbs can be regular or irregular. Based on the spelling we classify the verbs into regular or irregular verbs.

A regular verb forms its past tense and past participle by adding -d or -ed to its base form. This ending may be pronounced /d/ (accused, activated, viewed), /ed/ (accepted, hacked, listed), or /t/ (mixed, searched, slipped). It is also like Weak Verb.

An irregular verb forms its past tense or past participle, or both, in an unpredictable way: by adding no ending at all, by changing the vowel of the base form, by adding a different ending, or by using a combination of these methods (let ~ let ~ let, meet ~ met ~ met, swim ~ swam ~ swum, blow ~ blew ~ blown). It is also like Strong Verb.

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Level - II

Lesson - 7

Believing that now you are aware of small sentence of English. To make the sentance by yourself then you should know the grammer.

Tense is a grammatical term that refers to how a verb shows the time of happening in the sentence that’s why in the English language, tenses play an important role in sentence formation.
The concept of time can be split into:
1. The Present - I play, I am playing.
2. The Past - I played, I was playing.
3. The Future - I will play, I will be playing.
There are four types of tenses. Simple, Perfect, Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous and each of these has a present, past and future form.
Table of Tense formula:

Type	Present Tense	Past Tense	Future Tense
Simple Tense	Sub + Ver1 + Obj	Sub + Ver2 + Obj	Sub+will/shall + Ver1 + Obj
Intragative	Do/Does + Sub + Ver1 + Obj ?	Did + Sub + Ver1 + Obj ?	Will/shall + Sub + Ver1 + Obj ?
Nagative	Sub+ Do/Does + not + Ver1 + Obj	Sub + did + not + Ver1 + Obj	Sub + Will/shall + not + Ver1 + Obj
Continous	Sub + is/am/are + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj	Sub + was/were + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj	Sub + will/shall be + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj
Intragative	Is/am/are + Sub + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj ?	Was/were + Sub + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj ?	Will/shall + Sub + be + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj ?
Nagative	Sub + is/am/are + not + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj	Sub + was/were + not + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj	Sub + will/shall be + not + (Ver1 +ing) + Obj
Perfect	Sub + has/have + Ver III + Obj	Sub + had + Ver III + Obj	Sub + will/shall + have + Ver III + Obj
Intragative	Has/have + Sub + Ver III + Obj ?	Had + Sub + Ver III + Obj ?	Will/shall +Sub + have + Ver III + Obj ?
Nagative	Sub + has/have + not + Ver III + Obj	Sub + had + not + Ver III + Obj	Sub + will/shall + have + Ver III + Obj
Pefect Continous	Sub + has/have been + Ver1 ing + Obj + period.	Sub + had been + Ver1 ing + Obj + period.	Sub + will/shall + have been + Ver1 ing + Obj + period.
Intragative	Has/Have + Sub + been + Ver1 ing + Obj + time ?	Had + Sub + been + Ver1 ing + Obj + time?	Will +Sub + has/have been + Ver1 ing + Obj + time ?
Nagative	Sub + has/have not been + Ver1 ing + Obj + period.	Sub + had not been + Ver1 ing + Obj + period.	Sub + will/shall + not + have been + Ver1 ing + Obj + period.

Type	Present	Past	Future
Simple	He plays football.	He played football.	He will play football.
Intragative	Does he play football?	Did he play football?	Will he play football?
Nagative	He does not play football.	He did not play football.	He will not play football.
Continous	He is playing football.	He was playing football.	He will be playing football.
Intragative	Is he playing football?	Was he playing football?	Will he be playing football?
Nagative	He is not playing football.	He was not playing football.	He will not be playing football.
Perfect	He has played football.	He had played football.	He will have played football.
Intragative	Has he played football?	Had he played football?	Will he has played football?
Nagative	He has not played football.	He had not played football.	He will not have played football.
Pefect Continous	He has been playing football for ten years.	He had been playing football for ten years.	He will have been playing football for ten years.
Intragative	Has he been playing football for ten years?	Had he been playing football for ten years?	Will he has been playing football for ten years?
Nagative	He has not been playing football for ten years.	He had not been playing football for ten years.	He will not have been playing football for ten years.

The story is prepared by using tense table:
Anica plays badminton. Now, she is reading. She has finished her lunch. She has been going to school for two years. She studied in a play school. One day, she was drawing a picture. She had won a trophy in a drawing competition. She had been studying in a play school for one year. She will watch a cartoon. Anica will be having dinner in evening. She will have completed her homework. She will have been playing with toys for two hours.

Practice -

Please make the tense table by using below sentences.
1. Monica sings a song.
2. Parin goes to school.
If you would be able to make the tense of all types (He/She/It/We/Name(Male)/Name(Female)) then start speaking with English.
3. Make & speak small sentence by taking help of tense formula.
Some other examples of Tense:

Type	Present	Past	Future
Simple	She cooks food	She cooked food	She will cook food
Intragative	Does she cook food?	Did she cook food?	Will she cook food?
Nagative	She does not cook food.	She did not cook food.	She will not cook food.
Continous	She is cooking food.	She was cooking food.	She will be cooking food.
Intragative	Is she cooking food.	Was she cooking food.	Will She be cooking food.
Nagative	She is not cooking food.	She was not cooking food.	She will not be cooking food.
Perfect	She has cooked food.	She had cooked food.	She will have cooked food.
Intragative	Has she cooked food?	Had she cooked food?	Will she has cooked food?
Nagative	She has not cooked food.	She had not cooked food.	She will not have cooked food.
Pefect Continous	She has been cooking food two months.	She had been cooking food for two months.	She will have been cooking food for two months.
Intragative	Has she been cooking food for two months?	Had she been cooking food for two months?	Will she has been cooking food for two months?
Nagative	She has not been cooking food for two months.	She had not been cooking food for two months.	She will have not been cooking food for two months.

Type	Present	Past	Future
Simple	I write a letter.	I wrote a letter.	I will write a letter
Intragative	Do I write a letter?	Did I write a letter?	Will I write a letter?
Nagative	I do not write a letter.	I did not write a letter.	I will not write a letter.
Continous	I am writing a letter.	I was writing a letter.	I will be writing a letter.
Intragative	Am I writing a letter.	Was I writing a letter.	Will I be writing a letter.
Nagative	I am not writing a letter.	I was not writing a letter.	I will not be writing a letter.
Perfect	I have written a letter.	I had written a letter.	I will have written a letter.
Intragative	Have I written a letter?	Had I written a letter.	Will I have written a letter?
Nagative	I have not written a letter.	I had not written a letter.	I will not have written a letter.
Pefect Continous	I have been writing a letter since morning.	I had been writing a letter since morning.	I will have been writing a letter since morning.
Intragative	Have I been writing a letter since morning?	Had I been writing a letter since morning?	Wiil I have been writing a letter since morning?
Nagative	I have not been writing a letter since morning.	I had not been writing a letter since morning.	I will not have been writing a letter since morning.

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